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BNN Bloomberg: Investors for Paris Compliance, a climate change activist group, is asking bond and loan industry trade associations to tighten principles used to issue environmentally-friendly labeled debt that they say currently enables some borrowers to effectively increase pollution.
Private Equity Wire: Private equity investment in clean technology surged to over $27 billion in 2021, up from roughly $20 billion in 2020. Private equity firms have invested almost $150 billion and sponsored more than 1,000 US clean technology companies over the past decade.
Yahoo Finance: Utah’s governor and its federal lawmakers are objecting to S&P Global’s move to publish ESG indicators for U.S. states, calling it an undue politicization of the ratings process.
BNN Bloomberg: The hedge-fund industry’s claim that short-selling is an effective way to do environmental, social and governance investing is questionable on several levels, according to MSCI Inc.
CNBC: Carl Icahn released his letter to McDonald’s shareholders on Thursday, calling out compensation among the company’s top ranks and Wall Street firms for their ESG investing policies.
Private Equity Wire: Venture capital fundraising in the US reached an all-time high of USD330 billion in 2021. But through one lens, things look very much the same as they did 10 years ago. The capital is still not finding its way into female-led start-ups.
Investment Executive: The benefits of sustainable bond strategies can outweigh any potential loss of opportunities. “Investors now are under even more scrutiny to ensure that they’re not lending to unstable governments or companies,” said Avi Hooper, senior portfolio manager with Toronto-based Invesco Canada Ltd.
Advisor's Edge: The Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee (CIFSC) released a second draft of its responsible investing identification framework for mutual funds, ETFs, segregated funds and pooled funds.
CNBC: Over the last five years, good ESG stocks have seen a huge jump in cash inflows and higher valuations, resulting in a short-term green premium, or “greenium,” for the asset, Buckingham Strategic Wealth’s chief research officer, Larry Swedroe, told CNBC’s “ETF Edge”.
Investment Executive: Royal Bank of Canada’s chief executive officer says an “orderly transition” to a net-zero economy is crucial, as he faced questions and criticism about the bank’s climate strategy and ongoing financing of fossil fuels during its annual shareholder meeting.
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